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Episode 36 continues our tournament to determine the greatest rock song from 2000-2019. This episode contains the following matchups:  

Johnny Cash "Hurt" (1) vs. Capital Cities "Safe and Sound" (32)  

Band Of Horses "The Funeral" (16) vs. Big Thief "Not" (17)  

The Killers "Mr. Brightside" (8) vs. Alabama Shakes "Hold On" (25)  

Franz Ferdinand "Take Me Out" (9) vs. Japandroids "The House That Heaven Built" (24)  

Notes: The first Band Of Horses album is called "Everything All The Time."  And if you like it you should check out "Cease to Begin" as well.  

The Killers are an American band and Franz Ferdinand are a Scottish band.  

Link to Spotify playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3FkKUCt7K8dmwrmEdzHKKD?si=db295e1b02164282

Episode 35 starts our tournament to determine the greatest rock song from 2000-2019. This episode contains the following matchups:  

Frightened Rabbit "Keep Yourself Warm" (29) vs. Iron & Wine "Boy With A Coin" (36)  

Tedeschi Trucks Band "Midnight In Harlem" (30) vs. James Vincent McMorrow "If I Had A Boat" (35)  

Soundgarden "A Thousand Days Before" (31) vs. System Of A Down "Chop Suey!" (34)  

Capital Cities "Safe and Sound" (32) vs. Spiritual Beggars "Escaping The Fools" (33)  

Note: We only included songs from artists who were not in our previous "greatest rock album from 2000-2019" tournament.  

Link to Spotify playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/1jdvDBv1eBMWms7B0xTjrg?si=763d5f5d6d4647f1

Link to Frightened Rabbit (Slow Fest 2012): https://youtu.be/eur-kdLRoVM

Episode 34 completes our tournament to determine the greatest rock album from 2000-2019. This episode contains the following matchups:  

Radiohead "Kid A" (1) vs. Arcade Fire "Funeral" (5) (matchup begins at 1:23)  

David Bowie "Blackstar" (3) vs. Tool "Lateralus" (7) (matchup begins at 18:21)  

Scott honorable mention picks parts 1 & 2 begin at 31:38  

Larry honorable mention picks begin at 38:48  

Keith honorable mention picks begin at 56:46  

Scott honorable mention picks part 3 begin at 1:14:03  

Additional honorable mention discussion begins at 1:23:26  

Final matchup begins at 1:34:12  

Notes: Scott meant to say that Bowie's "underwhelming" run was from 1984-1999 (not 1989) 

The first Fleet Foxes EP is called "Sun Giant."  

Opeth released two albums in 2002, "Deliverance" and "Damnation," one was heavy and one was mellow (not "metal") 

The name of the band who did "Sunbather" is Deafheaven, not Deerheaven  

Link to Spotify playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/45Jr8ylyCDPDeN5KjA2kSM?si=7dd8c15b407e45dc

Episode 33 continues our tournament to determine the greatest rock album from 2000-2019. This episode contains the following Elite 8 matchups:

Radiohead "Kid A" (1) vs. The Strokes "Is This It" (8) (matchup begins at 1:16)  

Arcade Fire "Funeral (5) vs. LCD Soundsystem "Sound Of Silver" (13) (matchup begins at 18:46)

Tool "Lateralus" (7) vs. Broken Social Scene "You Forgot It In People" (18) (matchup begins at 31:23)  

David Bowie "Blackstar" (3) vs. Interpol "Turn On The Bright Lights" (6) (matchup begins at 47:37)  

Notes: Correction, Pitchfork gave Nine Inch Nails' "The Fragile" a 2.0 not a 1.0  

Link to Spotify playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6v1w3r3j0JcL9CtOtniDge?si=65ef2d831b2b4270

Episode 32 continues our tournament to determine the greatest rock album from  2000-2019. This episode completes round two. The matchups for this  episode are:   Sufjan Stevens "Illinois" (4) vs. LCD Soundsystem "Sound Of Silver" (13)   Arcade Fire "Funeral" (5) vs. Brand New "The Devil and God Are Raging Inside Me" (21) (matchup begins at 17:05)   David Bowie "Blackstar" (3) vs. The National "Boxer" (19) (matchup begins at 33:25)   Interpol "Turn On The Bright Lights" (6) vs. Wilco "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" (11) (matchup begins at 50:16)   Link to Spotify playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/36xgiSACUKAHLQhZQpInOd?si=8da1285e388944ff

Episode  31 continues our tournament to determine the greatest rock album from  2000-2019. This episode starts round two. The matchups for this episode  are:  

Radiohead "Kid A" (1) vs. Agalloch "The Mantle"  (17) (matchup begins at 2:06)   

The Strokes "Is This It" (8) vs. Bon Iver "For Emma, Forever Ago" (24) (matchup begins at 27:03)  

Godspeed  You! Black Emperor "Lifts Your Shiny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven" (2) vs. Broken Social Scene "You Forgot It In People" (18) (matchup begins  at 50:15)  

Tool "Lateralus" (7) vs. Modest Mouse "The Moon and Antarctica" (10) (matchup begins at 1:17:16)  

Link to Spotify playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/515sQyQtmvBQLhQYwtE8zO?si=3c634d7c951c4af3

Episode 30 continues our tournament to determine the greatest rock album from 2000-2019. This episode concludes the first round. The matchups for this episode are:  

David Bowie "Blackstar" (3) vs. Titus Andronicus "The Monitor" (35)  

Sun Kil Moon "Ghosts Of The Great Highway" (14) vs. The National "Boxer" (19) (matchup begins at 31:10)  

Wilco "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot" (11) vs. Panda Bear "Person Pitch" (22) (matchup begins at 53:40)  

Interpol "Turn On The Bright Lights" (6) vs. The Decemberists "The Crane Wife" (27) (matchup begins at 1:20:28)  

Link to Spotify playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0Hs2e1FfhkOLXny5si3Yqd?si=337cfd3c9eac4d34

Episode 28 continues our tournament to determine the greatest rock album from 2000-2019. This episode includes the following 4 first round match ups:  

Godspeed You! Black Emperor "Lift Your Skinny Fists Like Antennas To Heaven" (2) vs. The War On Drugs "Lost In The Dream" (34)  

The Flaming Lips "Yoshimi Battles The Pink Robots" (15) vs. Broken Social Scene "You Forgot It In People" (18) (matchup begins at 24:08)  

Modest Mouse "The Moon and Antarctica" (10) vs. The White Stripes "Elephant" (23) (matchup begins at 54:45)  

Tool "Lateralus" (7) vs. The Wrens "The Meadowlands" (27) (matchup begins at 1:26:15)  

Notes for this episode: Our apologies for some of the audio issues in this episode, Scott's WiFi was acting up throughout the episode.  

The White Stripes' "Elephant" would've been the 12th seed if we had used Best Ever Albums instead of Rate Your Music.  

Link to Spotify playlist for this episode: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6rvISEphVZ4aeQZajreJrk?si=5dfafd87761c463f